Domestic Shipping

Questions about shipping costs? Here’s how shipping works.

We ship to valid U.S. addresses via the United States Postal Service, with the exception of Hawaii (please see below).

Domestic orders are shipped using USPS Ground Advantage, which includes tracking and insurance coverage up to $100. For orders with a seed value over $100, an optional insurance upgrade is available at checkout for an additional 2% to cover the full value of the order.

Complete and accurate shipping information is required to process your order. Your personal information is used only for order fulfillment and is never shared or sold.

Shipping costs are calculated using USPS rates originating from ZIP code 48462. An additional percentage is applied to cover unavoidable payment processing fees, packaging materials, and the time required to carefully prepare and fulfill each order.

Important notes:

  1. Once your order is processed, it is assigned a USPS tracking number. Please monitor your delivery using USPS Tracking. After a shipping label is created, it will take some time for the package to appear in the USPS tracking system. Please note that Great Lakes Staple Seeds is a small operation, and orders are fulfilled by a single person.

  2. After your package enters the postal system, delivery timing and handling are outside of our control.

  3. If there is a delivery issue, your local post office is the best first point of contact.

  4. Great Lakes Staple Seeds cannot be held responsible for packages that are delivered and then stolen.

  5. The domestic Shipping charge includes USPS postage along with electronic payment processing and packaging costs. Rather than embedding these costs into seed prices or advertising “free shipping,” we present them as a single, upfront fee. Any margin on shipping is minimal to nonexistent, and this approach allows us to price seeds as fairly and transparently as possible.

  6. Shipping to Hawaii: Unfortunately, we are not able to ship to Hawaii due to state agricultural restrictions. For more information, please see Hawaii: Summaries of Exterior Quarantines.

Updated February 2, 2026